Tobacco Use Where We Work

…in outdoor recreational areas Entryway & Grounds Smoking Policies Tobacco-Free Colleges Guide New York State Clean Indoor Air Act Public places and work places across New York State, including bars…

Tobacco Industry Influence Where we Shop

…of menthol cigarettes lead to increased smoking initiation among youth and young adults, greater addiction, and decreased success in quitting smoking. The increased risks associated with mentholated tobacco use led the…

About

Teens against tobacco

…to record-low youth and adult smoking rates in NYS. https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/program_components.htm Smoking kills about 28,000 adult New Yorkers every year. About 750,000 adults in NYS live with serious smoking-related illness. Tobacco use is the leading…

Tobacco Use Where We Play

…Spaces Tobacco-Free Playgrounds New York Public Health Law prohibits smoking on all public playgrounds Article 13-E § 1399-o-1, effective October 10, 2013, prohibits smoking between sunrise and sunset at all playgrounds in…

Tobacco Imagery on Screen

The evidence is conclusive. Smoking in movies kills in real life. The evidence is sufficient to conclude that there is a causal relationship between depictions of smoking in the movies…

Tobacco Use Where We Live

Smoke-free Housing A no-smoking policy does not exclude smokers; it protects the health of all residents and staff from harmful secondhand smoke. According to a community survey of property owners…

Smoke- Vape- and Tobacco-Free Colleges

…a smoke-free or tobacco-free campus policy. A smoke-free campus policy means no smoking anywhere on college property. In contrast, a tobacco-free campus policy prohibits all forms of tobacco use anywhere…

Legislative Education

…to record-low youth and adult smoking rates in NYS. https://www.health.ny.gov/prevention/tobacco_control/program_components.htm The New York State Tobacco Control Program Overview (2/2024) The Human Cost of Tobacco in New York State (2/2024) The…

Legislative Education Day 2023

…(tobaccofreekids.org) New York State Department of Health, Smoking and Disease (ny.gov) (Accessed 12/14/2022) Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/problem/toll-us/new_york (Accessed 12/14/2022) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic…